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The idea that Clinton inevitably deserves de Blasio’s support or anyone else’s is short-sighted and in line with two vacuous ideas 1) that the nomination belongs to the big donors rather than the voting members of the Democratic Party and 2) that only a neoliberal (AKA conservative) can win. I am not optimistic that the Democratic Party will ever nominate a progressive — it never has — but it could nominate a real liberal, even if it hasn’t done so in decades, certainly not since Walter Mondale. If the supporters of Senator Elizabeth Warren and prominent Democrats like Mayor de Blasio push hard enough, Clinton might run on a platform that a Democrat could support with enthusiasm. There is no future for the Democratic Party or the United States unless the party moves left and becomes liberal again. I am not convinced that Linton can lead it there.

I am not certain what definitions you use, but to claim the Democrat Party needs to move left and that they have never nominated a progressive is like saying Bill Gates needs to be rich.

Today’s Democrat party is not the party of Kennedy. The leaders of the today’s Democrats: Obama, Clinton, Pelosi, and Reid would make Hugo Chavez proud. They are among the most radical leftists in modern times.

And your comment about the Dems never nominating a progressive clearly shows your ignorance of history. I am sure that you are not familiar with the name Woodrow Wilson, but I can assure you he was not a conservative.

I don’t like Bill, but bin this case he was correct.
What has she done to earn anyone’s endorsements?
In NYC she may be mainstream but to the majority of this country she is left (if you disagree, just look at who was voted in to the majority in the congress and senate). This country needs a centrist to govern with support from all sides – not a hard left demagogue like Warren or “ignore all the rules” obummer.

You’re missing the point. They’ve worked together for 20 years, he knows perfectly well what her “vision” is! CLINTON endorsed him for Mayor, what had he ever done to “deserve” her endorsement? She endorsed him cause, well, he’s a Democrat (duh) and she’s a team player. On some level she must have believed in him (I unfortunately voted for him because of her endorsement). Now he grandstands with “holding back judgement” to please the far left wing because he has some grandiose plan to be some sort of progressive figurehead? It’s so unbelievably arrogant. He has a bloated sense of his own importance – he is not well-liked in the city and he will NOT win re-election. I’m a gay woman (one of his target demos) and I would vote for any qualified Republican or Independent before I ever gave him my vote again.

I am a progressive Democrat supporter of Bill de Blasio, with a severe case of buyer’s remorse. His friendship with Al Sharpton, his attacks on the NYPD, his support of the demonstrators many of whom attacked the police, his arrogance, his chronic lateness, etc.etc. So now he’s going to “withhold his support” of Hillary. Who would he support? Ted Cruz? Marco Rubio? Jeb Bush? Mike Huckabee? Or maybe he wants to be this year’s Ralph Nader…that worked well for a progressive agenda, didn’t it?

Hillary, with all her warts, is electable. Elizabeth Warren is not, neither is O’Malley or Biden. de Blasio and his push for an extreme liberal agenda, will help hand the election to the GOP. Then, except for the rich,, white Christian males, we are all screwed, and can thank Bill de Blasio for helping make it happen.

How quick we are to bite the that once fed us! I will vote for Hillary & would have voted for her had she not lost the primary to OBAMA, Whatever happened to the “center”? Everyone is now “progressive” aka leftist or “Tea Party” aka far right!